| Dewsbury and Batley | |
| Parliament: | uk |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Type: | County |
| Region: | England |
| Elects Howmany: | One |
Dewsbury and Batley is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, represented since 2024 by Iqbal Mohamed, an Independent.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested in the 2024 general election.[2] The constituency is located in the borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire.[3]
The constituency composed of the following (as they existed on 1 December 2020):
It comprises the following areas of Kirklees:[5]
| Areas | Kirklees Wards | Former Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Batley | Batley East, and Batley West | Batley and Spen | |
| Dewsbury | Dewsbury East, Dewsbury South, and Dewsbury West | Dewsbury | |
| Flockton / Grange Moor | Kirkburton (minority) | Dewsbury (plus 30 voters from Huddersfield) |
Dewsbury and Batley & Spen prior to 2024
| 2019 notional result[6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| 27,241 | 59.1 | ||
| 13,232 | 28.7 | ||
| Others | 2.395 | 5.1 | |
| 1,565 | 3.4 | ||
| 1,156 | 2.5 | ||
| 512 | 1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 46,101 | 65.6 | |
| Electorate | 70,226 | ||